Instead of requiring a four-year college education, why dont medical institutions let dedicated and successful high school students into their four-year program?
A. Theoretically this is possible, and has happened in a few cases. But because medical school admissions are so competitive, this is a rare occurrence. In our culture, we believe the notion that an individual’s worth as a person is dependent upon his graduating from college. Many people attend college, not out of an innate desire to learn, but primarily because our culture places such a high value on formal education. Unfortunately, college is expensive, inefficient, and often irrelevant to their lives.
